Patient education
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Patient education is the process by which health professionals and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status.[1] Education providers may include: physicians, nurses, psychologists, advocacy groups, special interest groups, and pharmaceutical companies.
Health education is also a tool used by managed care plans, and may include both general preventive education or health promotion and disease or condition specific education.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Peter R. Koongstvedt, "The Managed Health Care Handbook," Fourth Edition, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2001, page 788 ISBN 0-8342-1726-0
